The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
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TO Tcrro Haute TO make speeches against
Schon lamb
Yes said Wise, 81 an"
mine friend. Won make one mistake.
Schon Lamb 10 one of the greatest men IN
this country"
"Whatri replied Wise, with "a smile,
sic he greater than Gen. Grant,"
Eyes, mine friend. he IS greater as
four Sheneral Grantsr
"Not greater than Garfeldfn
Garfield was not circumstance TO
Schon lamb Why, mine friend, Schon
Lamb Is the greatest man what ever
livedp
10" said Wise, 'you don't mean TO
say that he is greater man than Solo
monfn
'Ah, mine friend" rcjoined the Ger
mun, with enthusiasm, 81 don't say that
Schon Lamb is now bigger man than
SolOm0n"--aud here he leaned over to-
ward Wise and shook his finger solemnly
i'm his face-'but, mine friend, SchOn
Lamb was young yetr
Nevertheless, Lamb is really n bright
fellow. and he made very fair congress
siOnal record during his term In the house.
His successor was q lawyer, az ha was,
and he has been member Of the state
legislature.
There are some ex-diplomats among the
congressman. William Walter Phelps.
who IS not a snOb IN his manners, though
he bangs his hair, has been minister TO
Austria, and Jehu Baker has represented
this country in South America. Mr. Baker
succeeds Morrison. the great free trader,
J. 10 - To-
risOn was for free trade. Morrison was
not present at the opening session OF the
house this year, but his connection with
tho Interstate commerce commission
brings him almost az close 70 the repre-
scutatives rs though he were a member.
Johu Baker looks like Andrew G Curtin,
who, by the way, was elsO diplomat,
and who represented tits country IN
Ru.sia. Baker is tall, slender and smooth
faced He wears an old fashioned stock
I'm place Of necktie and he IS a man Of
decided ability. lie has been In congress
before
AZ TO the Georgia delegation, the genial
George Barnes IS back again. lie tells me
he IS afraid 10 weigh himself for fear be
would exceed the 325 pounds at which he
usually pulls the beam. He made some
good speeches during tho last congress,
and is going 10 make some more this, and
he has as many friends as any man in the
house Among the other Georgia men,
BlOunt, the man who had that unlucky
sQuabble with Breckenridge, has been in
congress for years and IS bright fellow,
though n little bclligerent Clements IS o
lawyer Of Al, and Carlton is a J2year-old
doctor, who amuses himself with farming.
Gambler is a manufacturer, and Crisp,
Crimes, Stewart and Norwood are law
yers Norwood has been In the United
States senate, and is noted for his elias
steal learning and good after dinner
speeches
The Indiana delegation sizes up very
well this year, and among the new men Is
a bright looking fellow Of 40, named
Chcadlc, who was Union soldier, and
who has risen 20 prominence through the
law and the newspapers. Owen IS a
preacher OF the Christian church, and
Shiyely, who is the youngest man in con-
gress, is a tall journalist and is a gradu-
ate Of Ann Arbor.
Henry Cabot Lodge, OF Massachusetts,,
is probably the most literary man among
the new congressman. lie Is a straight
Young fellow with q bright dark eye,
brown hair and a full grown blonde
beard His forehead is high and broad
and bis face is an intellectual one. He
comes from one Of the Oldest Of the blue
blooded families Of Massachusetts, and
has made % reputation us an elegant mag
azine and historical writer A number
of the Statesmen Series were written
by him, and his Olives Of Alexander
Hamilton and Daniel Webster" are full
Of interest. lie IS now 40 work upon one
of George Washington and he viii have
splendid opportunity for literary re-
search at the Congressional library here.
Another striking Massachusetts man is
Young fellow named Burnett, n grad
uate OF Harvard, who married the only
child Of james Russell Lowell and who
is, think, n son Of the cocaine man, and
whose father is worth $1,000, 600 Bur
nett is q gentleman farmer, and he IS said
/ % possess much ability.
The genial Pat Collins IS back again,
and the fact that lac was i'm early life an
upholstcrer does not affect his legislative
workmanship Isadore Saynor, of Balti
more, a college graduate and leading
lawyer, takes the place of Findley, and
much IS expected of him.
Leopold Morse Is here again, and his
rotund little figure, his bright eye and his
perpetual cigar are again seen In the
house. lie is a Bavarian who made for
tune by selling clothing in Boston, and
who, in short canvass, defeated one Of
the most eminent lawyers Of that city.
This was cX-Congrcssman Ranny the
man who led the pan-elcctric inyestiga-
ton last year, and who it IS said, can
make 500. 600 year at his law practice.
Among the Ohio members Lieutenant
Governor Bob Kennedy is pointed out as a
character lie comes from the district
represented by John Little, and he is a
blonde whiskcrcd, stocky fellow Of medium
height and A years Of age He was a
brigadier general in the Union army, and
ranks as man OF ability. BOothman,
the red headed congressman who succeeds
W ID. Hill, IS younger man than his
predecessor, and Hill told me ia explain
ing the causes Of his defeat that they lay
in the fact that his promises OF Offices
failed 70 90 round. There were" SAID
he rather vulgarly, more pigs than there
were teats, and couldn't make 1t. ~
Clifford, Of Dakota, is back In congress,
and is anxious for the admittance OF that
territory as a state, and there are num-
Der Of foreigners in the Minnesota delega-
ton Wilson is an Irishman OF 90 who
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